Choose Your Own Resurrection

 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.

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I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the Lord.  And I will add unto thy days fifteen years  

I was thinking about Hezekiah, and wondered; What if the Lord showed up with a couple of angels and told you that you had five more years to live, and whatever body you had at that time, He would resurrect you in that body?  What would you do?  Would you start to diet and exercise, and build the body that you want for eternity? 

It sounds almost too good to be true.  We could actually build whatever body that we want, and God will seal that body to us for eternity!  What a great opportunity. 

Now if only it were that easy. 

But wait, it is that easy! 

Our Father in Heaven has already promised that we can build our hearts into whatever we want, and when we are resurrected, He will seal that heart to us for eternity.  The same spirit that we cultivate here will rise with us in the resurrection. 

“Ye cannot say, when ye are brought to that awful crisis, that I will repent, that I will return to my God.  Nay, ye cannot say this: for that same spirit which doth possess your bodies at the time that ye go out of this life, that same spirit will have power to possess your body in that eternal world.”  (see Alma 34:31-36 for more detail) 

In other words, we will still be the same person there that we are here.  Just because we pass through the veil doesn’t mean that we will all of a sudden become a different person. 

Whatever heart we have when we die, is the heart that He will resurrect us with.  So be sure that it is the heart that you want for all eternity! 


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